All Gates Open: The Story of Can
| Book | All Gates Open: The Story of Can |
| Format | Hardback |
| Language | English |
| Copyright | 2018 |
| Author | Rob Young, Irmin Schmidt |
| Format | Hardback |
| Language | English |
| Location | UK |
| Copyright | 2018 |
| Pages / Font | 572 pages |
| ISBN | 0571311504 |
| Chapters | Book One: All Gates Open
1 Dreams Seen by a Man-Made Machine 1
2 Pandemonium Manifestos 11
3 Mutter(ing)s of Invention 37
4 A Castle with Better Equipment 50
5 The Last Kick Towards Rock 62
6 Thieves of Fire 79
7 Truth at 33 rpm 106
8 In At The Deep End 120
9 Witchy Surprisings 138
10 Concord of Sounds 165
11 Wanderers in the Fog 193
12 Perpetual Motion 220
13 Bumpy Landings 239
14 Wanting More 260
15 Artificial Head Stereo 277
16 Can Will Eat Itself 295
17 One Last Rite 307
18 In The Distance Lies the Future 320
Notes 341
Bibliography 355
Acknowledgements 356
Book Two: Can Kiosk
I Hands on the Table 363
Foreword 365
1 'A Schmidt-Smith from Germany 367
2 'This Record Does Not Contain Interfering Noise' 373
3 'He Wanted to Make Stone Age Music' 389
4 'It Was a Conscious Discordance' 413
5 'Not Playing Was My Contribution to the Song 427
6 'The World Itself Becomes a Staging' 449
II From My Notebook 463
III Nerves Strung Across Landscapes 519
IV Film Music 527
V The Luberon 539
Index 553
Book One: All Gates Open
1 Dreams Seen by a Man-Made Machine 1
2 Pandemonium Manifestos 11
3 Mutter(ing)s of Invention 37
4 A Castle with Better Equipment 50
5 The Last Kick Towards Rock 62
6 Thieves of Fire 79
7 Truth at 33 rpm 106
8 In At The Deep End 120
9 Witchy Surprisings 138
10 Concord of Sounds 165
11 Wanderers in the Fog 193
12 Perpetual Motion 220
13 Bumpy Landings 239
14 Wanting More 260
15 Artificial Head Stereo 277
16 Can Will Eat Itself 295
17 One Last Rite 307
18 In The Distance Lies the Future 320
Notes 341
Bibliography 355
Acknowledgements 356
Book Two: Can Kiosk
I Hands on the Table 363
Foreword 365
1 'A Schmidt-Smith from Germany 367
2 'This Record Does Not Contain Interfering Noise' 373
3 'He Wanted to Make Stone Age Music' 389
4 'It Was a Conscious Discordance' 413
5 'Not Playing Was My Contribution to the Song 427
6 'The World Itself Becomes a Staging' 449
II From My Notebook 463
III Nerves Strung Across Landscapes 519
IV Film Music 527
V The Luberon 539
Index 553
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| Notes | Book specifications Each book is numbered and signed by Irmin Schmidt and Rob Young Format: Royal (234x156mm) Printed on 90gsm woodfree paper, and handbound, cased in yellow vinyl, text blind blocked on front and spine, printed endpapers, orange ribbon, grey head and tail bands. Studio notebook: 78-page full colour facsimile edition of a rare communal Can studio notebook. Includes: Scribbles and jottings by all band members revealing the group’s playful sense of humour and surrealistic chains of thought The fragile pages show the emergence of song titles, LP sleeve and band logo proposals and mind-bending doodles and caricatures Japanese lyrics handwritten by Damo Suzuki Sketches of drum kit layouts by Jaki Liebezeit Insight into how Can came up with some of their most memorable track titles Print: Limited edition letterpress print (based on the cover artwork) Each print is numbered and signed by Irmin Schmidt Solander box: Covered and lined in Colorplan Smoke paper, artwork blocked in two pigment colours (yellow and orange). |